superargo

superargo Review

This was the second of two Superargo movies from Italy produced in the 1960s.The first,Superargo vs.Diabolicus gave us more or less the hero's origin as he goes from masked wrestling champion to masked secret agent to foil a mad man bent on world conquest.This is the follow-up. Someone is kidnapping champion athletes and turning them into mindless robots.Much like Neil Hamilton and Stafford Repp the police and secret service here have no clue,so they call in Superargo to save the day.The former wrestling champion has taken up with an Indian yogi who has taught him to unleash the power of his mind.So not only is the masked man a physical phenomenon,but he now posseses telekinetic powers.The production vaues in this film are a little higher than you would find in your typical mexiluchahero movie,but you still get a story that Jim Kelly would say "comes straight out of a comic book".Superargo is portrayed by Ken Wood(real name Giovanni Cianfriglia)who was probally better known as Steve Reeves' stunt double and who played the villian in the Reg Park film Hercules,the Avenger.The villian here is played by former American western star Guy Madison.The film is dubbed into English and I recommend it to anyone who is a fan of el Santo films and the mexiluchahero genre.There should have been a third movie to make a Superargo trilogy. (1966) aka SUPERARGO AND THE FACELESS GIANTS. Ken Wood, Guy Madison. For all students of Santo and Neutron movies, here's something you don't want to miss: a European, superhero, masked wrestler. Our hero is pitted against a madman and his army of zombie-like robots. Color, from 16mm.

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